Disclaimers: I do not own Fairy Tail
A/N: So I redid chapter 3 and made it longer. I have noticed that Porlyusica doesn't really play an important role in most Fairy Tail fics despite her importance in the canon. I hope to use her in place of Master Makarov as an elderly figure for Romeo. Also, I always thought the question, "What would happen if Romeo somehow met Wendy while she was still at Cait Shelter?"
Please Review, Fav, or Follow if you want. Also, check out my other stories "Fiery Hurricane of Love" and "Right Claw of the Dragon King"
Also, I would like to point out a definition which pertains to the genre of this story:
Fantasy:
the faculty or activity of imagining things, especially things that are impossible or improbable.
So like the Epic Rap Battle of History between J.R.R. Tolkien and G.R.R. Martian said:
"But news flash: the genre's called fantasy! It's meant to be unrealistic, you myopic manatee!"
Chapter 3
The Encounter of the Wild
"So you want me to get the dragon to come out of the cave?", Romeo asks as he points inside.
"Yes", Porlyusica tells the boy.
"Why can't you do it?", Romeo asks.
"Well, I need someone who can speak draconic, because mine isn't as good as it used to be", Porlyusica tells the boy, "And it was between either you or the pink-hair idiot Makarov keeps at the guild, but seeing how he would probably kill the thing-"
"He might have asked it nicely", Romeo began before noticing the glare Porlyusica was throwing at him, "Never mind."
"Like I was saying, I figure that you were the better choice", she finishes.
"What makes you think I can talk to it?", Romeo asks.
"Romeo, I have seen you talk to animals before, so stop trying to play dumb.", Porlyusica groans, "I'm taking a leap of faith here that Romeo can talk to this dragon. As long as there is a dragon near my cottage, the forest animals are going to stay away from this place."
"I know that, but I never talk to a dragon before", Romeo says as he looks back into the cave and back at those two glowing yellow eyes watching him, "Besides what if it doesn't want to come out?"
"Well let's hope that you can get it to come out", Porlyusica told him, "Because in case you haven't noticed", she says as she points toward the ground.
Romeo looks back down at the footprints that led into the cave and upon closer examination, he notices that there was a line of red liquid mix in with the dirt, "Is that?"
"Blood, yes it is", Porlyusica confirms, "So more than likely it's wounded."
"Could you treat it?", the boy asks as Porlyusica throws him a glance, "If I somehow maintain to get it to come out?"
"I suppose I could, but we won't know until it comes out", she replies, "So if you want to help it, you might want to start talking."
"How do you know it's not going to attack us?"
"Because by going off the footprints it left in the dirt, this dragon is around the size of a drake or of juvenile age, possibly even young adult, meaning it could easily lunge twenty to thirty feet in a single bound. If it wanted to hurt either one of us it could have done so by now", Porlyusica explains, "And that's not even counting its breath attack."
Suddenly a series of loud shrieks erupted from the cave, catching both of them off-guard. The pair looks at the cave and then back at one another. Porlyusica had an expression of deep thought as if she was trying to decipher what the dragon was saying, while Romeo was the complete opposite, as he was shaking uncontrollably, his face was bright red, and he had his hand on his mouth an fail effort to contain his laughter.
"What did it say?", Porlyusica asks but she receives no response from the boy who was starting to let snorts and snickers escape from his lips.
The area around them suddenly became engulfed in an ominous aura as Porlyusica's eyes started to glow red and the broom she was holding started to look more like a scythe to the little boy.
Romeo goes pale white as he realizes the consequences of his actions and decided that if he wants to live to see his seventh birthday, he best start talking.
"It-it-it-", Romeo stammered out.
"Actually, my first question should be how could you understand that", Porlyusica said, " Because I'm pretty sure that wasn't draconic."
"I understood it just fine", Romeo told her, "In fact, it was no different than when I talk to the animals around the forest."
Porlyusica observes Romeo for a moment, thinking about what he just said.
"Well, he's able to understand Stone-Thrower grunts and howls, so it shouldn't be that far-fetch for him to understand all that. I wonder if its vice-versa for him; like when he hears animals talk does it sound normal to him", she told herself, "So what did it say?
"I don't think I should repeat what it said", Romeo answers, "Mommy always told me if I don't have anything nice to say that I shouldn't-"
"Romeo!", Porlyusica growls, causing Romeo to jump away from her, "What did it say?!"
"It said that you're scaring it!", the boy squeak.
"Come again?", Porlyusica arches an eyebrow.
"It said that you're scaring it with your face", Romeo tells her though she could see a faint smile beginning to form on the boy's face, as he was still trying not to laugh.
Porlyusica looks back into the cave and notices the two yellow eyes shrink back, as though the creature was moving deeper into the cave in an effort to get away from her, though she did see something akin to confusion in its eyes as well.
Porlyusica sighs in an annoyed manner as she turns around to walk a good distance away from the cave "Will this do? Is this far enough away so it can come out?"
Romeo looks at the cave and back at her, "Want me to ask it?"
"That would be nice", Porlyusica grumble.
Romeo turns around and says, "Is she far enough away for you to come out now?"
At least that's what he heard come out of his mouth; to Porlyusica, the dragon, or anyone else who might have been listening, it sounded like….
"Ui jaciv karif aurthon mojka ihk wux ekess confn ekik jaka?"
Glowing yellow eyes widen in surprise as the dragon stares at Romeo for a moment before letting out two short shrieks to which Romeo nods.
"What did it say?", Porlyusica asks.
"It asks if I could understand it", he answers right before two more shrieks erupt from the cave, "And now it just ask if are you going to hurt it."
"Do I you like I'm going to hurt that thing?", Porlyusica asks as the grip on her broom tighten in annoyance, this was not how she plan to go about her day today. She only knew about the dragon being here because Stone-Thrower brought it to her attention.
"Do you want me to tell you the truth?", Romeo asks.
"Just get it out of the cave, Romeo!", Porlyusica snaps.
"You can come out now, no one is going to hurt you", Romeo says.
"Wux shilta confn ekik jaka, pamon ui gethrisjir ekess ouith wux", is what the dragon hears and after a moment of silence slowly starts to make it way to the entrance of the cave. Romeo watches as the two glowing eyes move closer and closer to him and in the back of his mind he couldn't help but wonder what type of dragon this thing was going to turn out to be.
"Maybe it will be a gold dragon. No, maybe it's a silver dragon! Wait, it might be a platinum dragon! That would be so cool!", Romeo thought as the creature finally came to the end of the cave and step out into the light.
Fairy Tail Guild Hall
It was an average day as Master Makarov was busy going through the stack of letters that he received from the Magic Council and various government officials from around Ishgar on a weekly basis. Most of them were complaint letters about the damages that were caused by Natsu and the others whenever they went out on jobs, but there was also a letter about the upcoming Annual Guild Masters meeting.
"Can't wait to hear what Bob and them have been up to", Makarov smiles as the door to the office was suddenly kicked open and both Juliet and Rosalina came running into the office, followed by Mirajane.
"Hi, grandpa!", the girls greet as they run up to either side of him and give him a hug.
"Why hello girls! What have you two been up to today?", he asks.
"They being waiting for you to teach them some new fire spells like you promise", Mirajane began, "Eventually they got tired of waiting and decided to come get you themselves."
"Yeah, you made a promise!", Rosalina complains, "And mommy says that when you make a promise, you're supposed to keep it!"
"That's right!", Juliet agrees.
Makarov couldn't help but laugh at loud at the girl's antics, "Alright you two, I did make you a promise! Why don't y'all go out to the back and I'll meet you out there?"
"Okay!", the girls say as they take off pass Mirajane and out the office.
"Those two can be quite the handful sometimes", Mirajane admitted to which Master Makarov nods.
"Just keeping up with the two of them is hard enough", Makarov says while sifting through the letters, "I shudder at the thought of what would happen if Romeo ever join in with them"
"I don't think you would last long", Mirajane laugh before noticing that the master had suddenly don a grim expression on his face, "Master Makarov?"
….
…..
"It's a letter from the Magic Council", he told her without taking his eyes off the paper, "They're saying that due to the rising number of dark guilds popping up they're looking into every venture available to them in an attempt to counter them, including Romeo's anti-magic ability."
"We already been through this before, Romeo isn't a mage, therefore, they have no authority over him!", Mira protested.
"They included that in the letter as well", Makarov told her, "They aren't saying that they're going to take Romeo by force, they're asking that we willingly allow them to try and duplicate Romeo's ability."
"They must have already known the answer to that question before they even send the letter", Mira stated.
"No doubt they did, but here lies the problem", Makarov says as he looks up at Mira and shows her the letter, "The letter isn't addressed directly to me, it's addressed to the "The Future Fairy Tail Guild Master"."
"But you're the current guild master", Mira said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "So what are they implying?"
"They are "subtly" implying that I need to retire and let someone else take up the position", Makarov answered.
"But you still one of the most powerful mages on the continent", Mira assures, "You're one of the Ten Wizard Saints!"
"But for how much longer though?", Makarov ask her, "Age is catching up to me Mira and it's no secret that Laxus wants the position of guild master. With Gildarts and Mystogan being away all the time, alongside Erza, who while strong is just not strong enough to challenge Laxus, so from the Magic Council's point-of-view, my grandson is pretty much the guaranteed choice."
The two remained quiet for a moment as the Makarov's words sunk in.
"Unless you're will-", Makarov started before being cut off.
"No", Mirajane said in a soft voice while suddenly hugging herself and looking down at the floor, "I'm sorry master, but I can't, not since that day."
"I understand, sorry to have brought it up", Makarov tells her as he gets up out of his chair and walks toward the door, "Come with me Mira, let's see if teaching the future generation of mages can somehow brighten our moods."
Back at the Cave
It was the gray scales that Romeo notice first when the juvenile dragon step out of the cave and into the sunlight. It reminded Romeo of the clouds right before it rains, or the stuff that fell out of Uncle Wakaba's cigar. As he glances down at its feet, he sees that it had four clawed toes and a "thumb" just like its footprints indicated. On its left side of its body, Romeo observes a long, slender, tail that ended with a sharp stinger at the end with four blades sticking out of the ends and surrounding said stinger.
As he traces the tail all the way past its back he notices that the dragon wasn't much bigger the living room of his home. Judging by the size of the wings tuck into its sides, they seem to be able to expand wide enough to fill him and his sister's bedroom. At last, he got to the head where a set of small horns were jutting out the top of its skull backward. Finally, his examination ended at the first feature he ever saw of the dragon, its eyes.
As he stares into its' yellow eyes, he notices that they were not that much different from a cat's eyes, like Mr. Tickles who live down the road from him. But as Romeo study its eyes closer, he thought he saw something that looks like a second eye within the first one.
"Eyes don't work like that, do they? What if I have another eye within my eye?", Romeo thought. So engrossed was he by the dragon's features that he failed to notice that the dragon was studying him as well.
It tilts its head from side to side, wondering why this male human, that's what it believes they are called, wasn't afraid in the slightest of it. It moves its head down and takes a quick sniff of the human and to its surprise, finds no traces of fear whatsoever. This struck the dragon as odd cause ever since it arrived in this forest, every other creature has stayed clear of it, their frighten stenches blanketing the area.
Except for that one male human with the pink hair, it encountered awhile ago while it was hunting. Though the human didn't seem to notice the dragon's presence, for some reason every instinct in the dragon's body told it to run. Run far, run fast, fly if you have to, just get away as soon as possible from that human, for it also smelled the faint scent of dragon's blood on the human.
Anyway, as it took a step forward toward the smaller human, a burst of sheer agony courses through its body and it almost collapse to the ground in pain. It lowers its neck and turns it to the right and remembers that there was one more creature in the forest that the dragon should avoid. In fact, if the gaping wound on its right hind leg was any indication, if it didn't it more than likely was going to be made a meal by it.
The dragon chastises itself for forgetting about the severe wound it suffered earlier today and wonders why it seemed to forget about it despite the burden it has been causing it. The more it thought about it, the more it realizes that it forgot about the wound somewhere around the time the small human appeared.
Without warning, it senses the human move pass it and toward the wound in its leg that was beginning to bleed profusely, concern evident in the purple-hair creature's eyes.
"Batobot vorqic tisvelk, si charis jaciv shilta winid coi", the dragon hears the human say as he moves to touch the wound, right before it hears the older female human shout and start running toward them.
"That looks bad, I hope she can fix it", Romeo says as he moves to touch the gash that was easily three times the size of his hand. To him, it almost felt like he was drawn to it. For some reason, he felt that by merely touching the wound, he could make the dragon feel better.
"Romeo! Don't touch it!", he hears Porlyusica scream, but it was too late and the next thing he knew his vision was covered by a white light and he felt a weird sensation swell up in his chest just as his fingertips barely touch the blood.
"Damn it, I screw up!", Porlyusica thought as she saw Romeo move toward the gash on the dragon's leg. She should have been more cautious, she should have told Romeo specifically not to touch the dragon's wound when it came out of the cave. She sprinted toward him as fast as her old body allow her too, but she hadn't even gotten two feet when she saw Romeo's eyes go glowing white and the center of his chest light up in a green glow, "Now it's too late!"
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When he opened his eyes all he saw was white as if he was trapped inside a piece of paper. When he looked up there was white, when he looked down there was white. When he looked to his left, there was nothing but white and when he finally looked to his right there was white. All around him was nothing more than an endless, colorless, existence.
"Hello?", he calls out but he only heard his voice echo, "Is anyone there? Grandma Porlyusica? Mommy? Daddy? Grandpa Makarov?"
A dreadful sense of loneliness started to set in on him as he heard no response to his pleas.
"I am the snow on the highest of mountains", Romeo hears a voice say from all directions. It sounded soothing, calming, yet at the same time, the magnitude of it shook him to his core.
"Is someone there?", Romeo cries out as he looks all around in a frantic panic.
"I am the wind blowing through the trees."
"Where are you? Why can't I see you?"
"I am the oasis in the harshest of deserts."
"Please help me, I really starting to get scared here! I want my mommy!"
"I am the fish that swims at the bottom of the seas."
At this point, Romeo just started to cry for the feeling of fear was now overwhelming for him.
"I am the waves that batter the shore. I am the raging fire at the planet's core. I have been around since before the beginning and I will be around after the end."
Romeo feels a presence behind him and spins around to see a glowing green figure floating toward him. In the back of his mind, the instinct to run was immense yet his body refuses to obey. He just stood frozen in place as the feminine figure move ever closer to him. Soon it was wrapping its arms around him and a sense of peaceful bliss wash over the boy. He felt his eyelids get heavy as the urge to sleep began to descend upon him and just as his vision turn to black he heard…
"I am the Spirit of Nature and I have decided to make you my envoy, little one. You have a long journey ahead and there will be many obstacles that will try to hinder you, but I have faith in you. Now awaken and claim your Fonaar."
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He felt something nudge against him as he slowly came around; it was hard, scaly, and in serious need of a bath. As his eyes open up, he found himself staring directly into the yellow eyes of the dragon from earlier, its face no more than two inches from his own.
"Umm, hi?", was all he could say before noticing a shock Porlyusica gawking at him. Before he could say anything, the dragon moves back and the elderly lady cups both her hands around his head and bring his face up to hers.
"How do you feel?", she asks as she examines him, "Are you hurt anywhere? Do you feel any different?"
"I had a strange dream", Romeo told her through mush cheeks.
"A dream?", Porlyusica says, "About what?"
"I don't know. I was in a place where everything was white and empty. After a moment, a strange green glowing lady appears and came toward me", Romeo explains, "She hugged me and I got sleepy and right before I fell asleep, she said that she was the Spirit of Nature or something."
Romeo sees Porlyusica's eyes grow wide upon him finishing his story and a look of dread appear on her face.
"Oh no", she whispers as she turns around and starts heading for her house, "Romeo, come with me. We're heading to Magnolia."
Romeo looks up and notices that the sun barely passed the center of the sky, "Why? I don't have to be home right now."
"We're not going to your house, we are going to the guild hall", Porlyusica explains
"What do we need at the guild hall?", Romeo asks as he got up and follow her, only to quickly notices that the dragon was following him.
"Um, Miss Porlyusica? The dragon following me", Romeo said.
"If my theory is correct, I would be more surprised if it wasn't", he hears her reply, "Come now!"
Romeo looks between the dragon and Porlyusica before taking off after the forest hermit, with the young dragon following close behind, "Why do we have to go to the guild hall again?"
"I'm going to need your parents' permission", Porlyusica answers, "I'm going to take you to see a friend of mine."
"You have friends?", Romeo said aloud and his stop in his tracks when Porlyusica throws him a glare over her shoulder, "I mean- Are we leaving tomorrow?"
"We're leaving today?"
"What?!"
"You heard me, the information I need cannot wait", Porlyusica tells him as they arrive at her house, "Come inside and sit down or you can wait out here with your new friend, I won't take long."
Romeo turns around and sees that the dragon had followed them all the way to the house and was now currently sitting on its hind legs staring at Romeo, almost like a dog. He then hears the door close behind him and realizes that he was now out here alone with the dragon.
The two stare at one another for what seemed like an eternity, nothing but silence passing between the two. As the seconds ticked by into minutes, neither one made any movement as they study one another once again.
"This is weird", Romeo thought as he moves to scratch his chest which was irritating him for some reason. To his utter amazement, he sees the dragon mimic his movement as it moves its front leg up to scratch its own chest. Romeo puts his hand down after a second and the dragon did the same.
"Is it copying me?", Romeo thought right before he waves his hand at the dragon and sure enough, the dragon did the same with its front leg, "It is copying me."
It was in that moment that Romeo realizes something.
"Do you have a name?", he asks the dragon, "My name is Romeo."
"Do wux tepoha vi ominak? Sia ominak ui Romeo", is what the dragon hears.
Name? This….Romeo was asking the dragon what its name was. For the draconic beast, the concept of a name had never appealed to it before. It's not like it never thought about having one, it just never saw the need for one, so it simply shook its head.
"You don't have a name, huh?", Romeo said right before he pointed a finger at the dragon, "Everyone needs to have a name and since you don't have one, I'm going to give you one then!"
The area around Porlyusica's house once again descends into silence, with Romeo still pointing at the dragon and said dragon looking back at him in surprise. It only after a few awkward moments that Romeo ask the question, "Are you a boy dragon or a girl dragon?"
"Are wux vi drot darastrix usv vi fanol darastrix?"…. The dragon couldn't believe its ears. Did this human seriously ask it that question? It face slowly forms into one of annoyance as it narrows its eyes at Romeo and lets out two lengthy squawks and short grumble, smoke rising out of its nose in irritation.
"You're a boy dragon? Really?", Romeo asks causing the dragon to narrow its eyes even further, "I just couldn't tell. How am I suppose to name you if I don't know whether you're a boy or a girl?"
A small chirp escapes the dragon's lips and now it was Romeo's turn to be annoyed, "Who are you calling stupid, you overgrown lizard?!"
The dragon points one of his front claws directly at Romeo.
Romeo's face goes red and he was about to shout at the dragon when a voice interrupts him.
"Are you two done?", Porlyusica asks from her doorway, "Because I would like to leave now."
Both Romeo and the dragon turn to stare at the woman who simply stares back.
"How long have you been staying there?", Romeo asks in a embarrass tone.
"Around the part that you ask whether it was a boy dragon or a girl dragon", Porlyusica said, "I thought it would have been pretty obvious that it was a male dragon."
"I didn't know!", Romeo tries to defend himself before crossing his arms with a huff. The dragon couldn't help but let out a chuckle at this.
"So are you going to name him?", Porlyusica inquires, "Because if not we need to get going."
Romeo looks at the dragon and then back at Porlyusica, "Fine, I guess I'll name him."
Out of nowhere, Romeo remembers the last word he heard right before he woke up, the word spoken by that so-called Spirit of Nature.
"And claim your Fonaar."
"Fonaar", Romeo says breathlessly, catching both Porlyusica and the dragon's full attention, "I'll name him Fonaar."
Porlyusica arcs an eyebrow at this, "Charge? You're going to name him "charge"?"
"Not charge, just Fonaar", Romeo replies back as he looks at the dragon, "Is that a good name for you?"
The dragon stares at Romeo as he mulls over the suggestion the boy just made. Fonaar, that word meant "charge". It sounded so simple, so irregular. Yet for some reason it sounded….perfect to him, like he was meant to have that name. He subtlety nods his head and lets out a series of soft bellows.
Romeo looks at Porlyusica, "He says he guess it will do for now."
"Good, no let's get going", Porlyusica recommends right before she is stopped by Romeo.
"Wait!"
"What's now, Romeo?", Porlyusica ask.
"What about Fonaar's leg?", Romeo wonders, "You still haven't treated it yet!"
"Romeo", Porlyusica says in a quiet voice as she kneels down to his eye level, despite the pain it causes her, "Take a look at his leg."
Romeo does as he was told and turns to look at Fonaar right hind-leg and gasps in shock. Where once there was a gaping, bleeding wound was now replace by a fully-heal patch of dragonscales. There wasn't even a scar on it
"When did you do that? Was I out for a long time?", Romeo turns to Porlyusica and asks.
Porlyusica shakes her head and looks Romeo straight in the eye, "Romeo, you were only out for two minutes at most and the wound didn't start healing until after you touch it."
"But how? How could I have done that?", he says while trying to get over the shock of what he was just told, "I don't have magic."
"I don't have a straight answer for you Romeo, but I know someone who might. An old acquaintance of mine who lives a couple hours by train to the north. We need to go see him right away", Porlyusica explained to him, "We're going to go to the guild hall, I'm going to get your parents' permission to take you there, and we're going to find out what's happening to you."
"But what's wrong with me? I feel just fine", Romeo told her as he once again scratches his chest.
"Romeo, look at where you're scratching", she instructs stops and looks eyes widen in surprise as he sees that the mark he has had on his chest since he was a baby was now eerily glowing green. It was a different shade of green than what that "Spirit of Nature" had and for some unexplained reason it frightened him beyond belief for something was happening to his body and he didn't know what it was.
Porlyusica lightly shakes Romeo out of his shock and takes him by the hand, "My friend will be able to help you, Romeo. You just have to stay calm until we get to him."
"O-okay", Romeo says softly as he lets himself get led away by Porlyusica.
"Don't worry, if anyone can help you, it's him", she reassures him, her face showing an expression few people ever get to see.
"What's his name?", Romeo asks, just wanting to have a conversation more than anything to get his mind off of what was happening to him, "Your friend."
"His name is Roubaul and he's the guild master for Cait Shelter,", Porlyusica tells him as the two of them walk down the forest trail back to Magnolia, a confuse dragon following close behind them.
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The walk through the forest was completely quiet as Porlyusica and Romeo may their way through. Porlyusica looking straight ahead as they walk while Romeo had his shirt open up and was currently staring at his glowing birthmark. Neither one of them was accustom to the woods being this quiet even though Porlyusica had a fairly good idea why as she throws a glance over her back and sees Fonaar following a few feet behind them, no doubt his presence driving away all of the creatures of the forest.
"I really hope he doesn't think he can follow us all the way into town", Porlyusica as she looks back ahead and sees they're about to reach the edge of the forest, "Romeo?"
"Huh?", as he looks up from his glowing chest and up at her, "Yes, Miss Porlyusica?"
"I need you to tell Fonaar that he can't come with us pass the forest", Porlyusica instructs him, "Most people nowadays aren't too fond of dragons, not even Metallic dragons."
"Is Fonaar a metal dragon?", Romeo asks.
"Metallic", she corrects him, "And like I said earlier, I'm not sure what type of dragon he is, but that's beside the point, he can't come to town with us."
"Should he be following us in the first place? You didn't seem to mind that he follow us from the cave", Romeo points out.
"As I said, I would be more surprised if he didn't", Porlyusica reply.
"What are you talking about?"
"You'll know in due time, Romeo", was her response, "Now tell him."
Romeo turns back around towards Fonaar and speaks, "Fonaar, you can't come to town with us. You have to stay here."
Fonaar cocks his head at Romeo and looks at him with a baffled expression. He then lets out a low growl.
"He asks why not", Romeo informs Porlyusica.
"Tell him because he could be attacked by people who have the magic to hurt him", Porlyusica states.
Romeo tells Fonaar what Porlyusica said and watches as the dragon plop down on the ground, his head resting on his front claws with a vexed look on his face.
"I don't think he's happy about this", Romeo says.
"He would be even less happy if he was attacked", Porlyusica says as she pulls him along.
Fairy Tail Guild Hall
A while later the two of them are standing in front of the infamous guild hall, standing there while Porlyusica mulls something over in her head. Through the heavy doors, she could clearly hear a brawl going on inside of the buildings which made her relax a little bit.
"This might make things easier. Everyone's attention will be drawn elsewhere and no doubt the boy's father is in the middle of this fight. This means I only need to talk to the smarter one of the Conbolt's couple", she tells herself.
"Miss Porlyusica?", Romeo asks.
"Yes, Romeo?", she answers without glancing at him.
"I thought you didn't like being around people", Romeo says.
"I don't", she replies.
"But you had no trouble walking through town."
"I don't like being around humans, but I'm willing to tolerate them if it helps me in the end, besides we came through the part of town that didn't have many people", she says as she looks down at the boy, studying his glowing chest. The radiance of the glow had diminished but it was still there. Luckily, the fact that the boy was wearing a green shirt that just so happens to almost match the radiating symbol conceal it a little bit, but if anyone was to look closely at it, they would surely notice.
And no doubt the boy entire family was going to be in here, along with Mira who seems to be quiet fond of him, along with the idiot smoker's daughter.
"Romeo, I'm going to need you to let me do the talking. When we get inside I want you to go off to a corner and not get caught in the brawl", she instructs him.
"That's what my mom tells me and my sisters to do anyway whenever the grown-ups start fighting", Romeo says, "She also hopes that neither I or my sisters grow up to be like that."
"But I also want you to avoid talking to anyone", Porlyusica adds while thinking to herself that she was clearly right about Enno being the more responsible parent, how Macao got her to marry him, she'll never know.
"Shouldn't I tell my mom about my chest?", Romeo asks.
"It might be nothing and we don't want her worrying about anything. You don't want to worry your mother, do you?", Porlyusica says though she felt a little guilty about guilt-tripping the boy.
"Oh, I guess that makes sense", is all Romeo can say as Porlyusica open the door and immediately ducks in order to avoid a mug that was on a straight path to her face.
"Bunch of rowdy idiots", Romeo hears her says as they both stroll into the building and are greeted by the massive brawl they heard on the outside.
Within moments, Romeo spots his father who was currently caught in a head-lock by Jet and then he sees his mother over at the bar talking to Mirajane while watching Juliet, Rosalina, and Rebecca. Though she looks like she was occupied by the conversation with the bar-maiden, occasionally she would suddenly throw a fire engulf kick to knock away any debris that was sent flying toward her daughters and Rebecca.
"Go sit off in the corner, Romeo", Porlyusica directs the boy and watches as he goes over to the far left corner far away from everyone else before she herself takes off toward the tavern. The average person would take the smart choice and walk around far from the edge of the fight, but Porlyusica was in a hurry and she wasn't your average person and everyone at the guild knew it and they also knew better than to piss her off, especially the troublemakers like Natsu and Gray. Speaking of the two masters of disasters, they were currently lock in their own little mini brawl as everyone else within the fight seem to give them a wide berth in order for them to work out the personal issues they had with one another.
"Bite me, flame brain!", Gray yells as he throws a punch at the dragon-slayer which connects with his jaws and sends him back a step.
"Let it go, ice princess!", Natsu retorts as throws a kick in retaliation, socking Gray in the jaw, "I'm clearly the stronger one between the two of us and everyone knows it!"
"Oh yeah?!"
"Yeah!"
"Are you two idiots going to move?", a voice interrupts their duel, "Because I got places to be."
"Hey buddy, back the fu-", both of the mages start to say before they actually got a look at the person getting in the middle of their fight. Upon seeing Porlyusica standing before them with a look that promises extreme pain to any who dare talk back to her, both of the destructive mages jump away from her out of fear for their lives. In fact, their reaction causes the rest of the guild to stop what they were doing in mid-fight and just stand there in shock, looking at the Potion Mage.
"At least, they're focused on me and not paying any attention to Romeo", Porlyusica thought as she briskly walked through the brawl, the crowd parting away to give her a path. As soon as she reaches the tavern she calls back behind her, "Don't let me stop your fun", and like that the daily brawl continues.
"Bunch of rowdy idiots", Porlyusica grumble underneath her breath as she approaches Enno.
"May I speak to you for a moment?", she asks as Enno's eyes glance over to where her middle child was sitting.
"Did Romeo do something wrong? He didn't break something did he?", Enno fret.
"He didn't do anything", Porlyusica assure the woman, "It's actually about something that has come up recently and it involves him."
"Oh, what's that?", Enno wonder, caught off-guard by the elderly lady's statement.
If there was one thing Porlyusica was known for back in her younger days as a semi-active Fairy Tail mage, it was thinking quickly on her feet. Most of it came from years of having to figure out on the spot what poison had infected a fellow member and making an antidote, along with having to know the proper way to treat an injury before it became fatal. And seeing how she had the whole walk from her house to Magnolia to come up with a story she was more than ready for this conversation.
"Let me ask you something Enno? Do you plan for your daughters to join Fairy Tail when they're older?", Porlyusica asks.
Enno's baffle expression was more than enough to tell Porlyusica that the woman was not expecting that type of question from her, "Um yes, both girls are talented in magic and both of them can't wait until they're old enough to join."
"I see."
"What does this have to do with Romeo?", Enno question.
"Enno, I going to be honest with you, your son isn't going to have an easy life growing up", Porlyusica starts out, "You're aware of that, correct? With his anti-magic ability, his options of a promising career at any job are quite limited, especially in a country like Fiore. That's unless he joins the Rune Knights."
Enno's face darkens at the mention of the military arm of the Magic Council, "Look Porlyusica, I greatly respect you and I can never pay you back for giving me those potions that made my pregnancy go by so much smoother, but is there a point to all this?"
"I believe I can offer Romeo a better opportunity", Porlyusica press on.
"And what would that be Porlyusica?"
"I would like Romeo to become my assistant so I can teach him the ways of medicine", Porlyusica answers causing both Enno and Mirajane, who was eavesdropping, to widen their eyes in surprise.
"You want to teach Romeo medicine?", Enno asks after a moment of silence between them, the guild brawl echoing in the background.
"Despite my way of living, I am a licensed doctor, recognize by the crown", Porlyusica told them.
"But still, Romeo learning how to treat people?", Enno says.
"That's actually not a bad idea", Makarov voices as he appears on the bar table while holding a mug, "The guild could always use another medical person around here."
"But that would make him part of the guild, thus allowing the Magic Council-", Enno objected.
"Actually he would be no different then Porlyusica herself. She's the medical adviser for the guild with a semi-active membership status, thus the Magic Council has no say in what she does, and she also gets a paycheck from us", Makarov explains.
"You get pay?", Enno asks Porlyusica to which she gives her a blank stare.
"You don't honestly think I treat these idiots for free?", Porlyusica says as she points over at Elfman who was currently spinning both Nab and Drow around like maces, "Do you have any idea the amount of supplies I go through a month because of these morons?"
"Can't Mira just give you the supplies from the guild hall?", Enno asks.
"Actually we get supplies from her", Mira admitted while scratching the back of her head, "Because she's a licensed doctor, she gets them at a discount price. And on top of her monthly checks, any member she has to treat more than twice a month gets a little extra added to their membership fee and that goes to her."
"In all honesty, I'm still way cheaper than the doctors in town", Porlyusica points out.
"Then what about all those times you made those house-calls for the kids?", Enno question, "You never said anything about a price."
"Ha, and you're never going to get one; Porlyusica here has a soft spot for kids!", Makarov laugh, "She never charges treatment that involves a child, she just finds them so-!"
WHACK!
A broom appears in Porlyusica's hand and Makarov is sent flying through the guild leaving Enno and Mirajane in shock as they watch him land on one of the tables in the far right corner of the building, opposite of where Romeo was sitting before turning their attention back to the pink-hair mage.
A disheveling looking Porlyusica quickly fixes her outer appearance and once again adopts an aura of professionalism and seriousness, "Now I believe we may have gotten off-topic and I would like to get back on track."
Enno and Mirajane stare and one another then back at Porlyusica while in the background Juliet, Rosalina, and Rebecca were still laughing at the spectacle of seeing Grandpa Makarov get smack around.
Upon seeing that no one had anything else to say, Porlyusica continues, "Moving on, I have recently received a letter from a friend of mine. He's the guild master of Cait Shelter and he would like me to come up to see him and give training to his guild's medical adviser.
"Which technically isn't a lie", Porlyusica thought because it wasn't. She had indeed received a letter from Roubaul earlier this week via carrier pigeon asking her to come give medical training to one of their younger members, a girl whose name she forgets, but that wasn't important at the moment. At first, she was going to response and say that she was too busy and couldn't make it but then all this craziness started, "I would like Romeo to come with me so he can receive training as well and it would also be a good chance for him to see the world outside Magnolia."
"Romeo never talked about receiving medical training from you before", Enno stated.
"He's just starting to learn the basics here and there", Porlyusica reply, "It would take some time before he is able to retain a good amount of knowledge, which is why I want to start early."
Enno closes her eyes as she thinks over what Porlyusica just told her. It was true that Romeo was going to have a hard time growing up in Fiore with his anti-magic ability, let alone getting a job for even the local bakeries use magical equipment to make their products so there was no way he was getting a job there. And when you consider the fact that everyone in town was aware of Romeo's "special gift" he probably couldn't get a job here, not even in Haragon. Enno and Macao have research non-magical countries before where magic is almost unheard of, but those were all located far beyond Fiore's borders, in the far east and across the ocean. Finally, she didn't want Romeo turning to the Rune Knights for employment once he was of age, who knows what they would do to him once he was under their authority.
"How long would you guys be gone for?", Enno asks.
"Pretty much the whole summer", Porlyusica said, "Which I hope is long enough for us to figure out a solution."
"Four months?", Enno said, "Four months at Cait Shelter?"
"They're only half a day train ride to the north and I guarantee that Romeo will be writing to you weekly to keep you inform of what he's doing", Porlyusica explain, "Please think of this as Romeo getting a head start in life."
"I really should talk to Macao about this", Enno points out, "It's his decision as well."
"You can, but seeing how he just suffered a concussion, he might be out for a while", Porlyusica says as she turns Enno's attention to her husband lying knock out on the floor while a triumph Natsu stands over him, doing a fist pump, "And I plan on leaving before the sun goes down."
"I don't know", Enno says before Mirajane jump in.
"I think this might be a good opportunity for Romeo", the Strauss sibling says, "Master Makarov says that Cait Shelter is a more closer-to-nature magic guild than most and for someone like Romeo who is always out in the forest anyway, he might be able to socialize with people just like him."
"I guess that's true", Enno ponder, "But I really would like to see what Romeo thinks about all this", she says as she gets up and walks over to her son before Porlyusica could stop her.
"This is not good!", Porlyusica panics as she gets up to follow her, "This is not good at all. Can't believe I forgot that I was dealing with one of the few responsible adults in the whole guild!"
Romeo notices his mother coming toward him and he also sees Porlyusica walking behind her with an emotionless look on her face even though he saw her mouth twitch every few seconds. It's then that he remembers what Porlyusica told him about making sure no one saw his glowing chest, especially his mom. So seeing that his mother was heading right toward him, he did the only intelligent thing he could think of…..
He bends over across the table, covering up his chest in the process. It wasn't the smartest plan, but it was the only plan he could come up with; despite his bouts of wisdom every now and then, he was still only six years old.
Luckily for him and Porlyusica, either Enno used to her son's strange behavior or she simply didn't care for she didn't make a remark about it whatsoever.
"Romeo", Enno ask as she stood a sit right next to her only son.
"Yes, mommy?"
"Miss Porlyusica tells me that you would like to go to see a friend of hers for the summer, is that true?", Enno asks.
Romeo looks to pass his mom at Porlyusica with a baffled look on his face and was about to say otherwise until he notices the subtle nodding she was giving him and the fact that she was mouthing the word "yes". Romeo now found himself conflicted at the moment, mostly because he didn't want to lie to his mother. He had always been taught that lying was bad and nothing good can come out of it, but then he remembers that Porlyusica told him that he didn't need to worry his mom over anything.
"Yes mommy", he lied to the best of his ability and luckily for him and Porlyusica, his mom's attention was being torn between her son, her daughters, and her unconscious husband in the middle of the guild hall floor.
"So you're willing to spend your whole summer with Miss Porlyusica?", Enno asks while gazing over at the tavern and sees Mira pull the girls out of the way just in time to avoid a chair.
"Yes mommy", Romeo says again while averting his eyes from her gaze when she turns her attention back to him.
Enno looks over at Porlyusica, "You sure you need him to come along?"
"I think you need to ask yourself that question", Porlyusica answers, "Your son's future could depend on it", she tells her, "In more ways than one."
Enno rests her head on her hands as she once again thinks over her decision. It wasn't unusual for kids to start early in a profession as apprentice and whatnot; in fact, in some professions, Romeo would be starting late. But Enno didn't want her only son to be away from her for four whole months, but she would have to be an idiot to not notice that Romeo didn't have any friends outside of Rebecca and that mostly because their families live right door to one another. Her and Macao have had talks with his former daycare assistants and they all said that he ignores all the other kids excluding his sisters during recreational activities.
"I would say I'm worried about him growing up to be like Porlyusica, but at least she comes to town to treat people, so she isn't exactly anti-social", Enno thought, "Maybe this could be a good idea, interacting with a guild that is close to nature like Romeo, he might even make a friend."
"Will you promise to write me once a week?", Enno asks.
"Yes mommy", Romeo answers her.
Enno takes a deep breath as she looks down at her son, "Well I guess we should go get you pack."
Enno stands up and moves to retrieve Juliet and Rosalina, leaving Romeo and Porlyusica sitting alone at the table for a moment.
"I don't like lying to my mommy", Romeo admitted, "It doesn't feel right."
"I know it doesn't and I'm sorry you had to", Porlyusica tells him, " But it's better we do this now before it becomes a problem later."
"It still bites", Romeo says as he leans back up and Porlyusica sees that his chest had stopped glowing, "Well that's interesting", she thinks.
"Romeo, it seems that your chest has returned to normal", Porlyusica points out to which the boy peeks down and see it as well.
"Does this mean I'm okay?", Romeo wonders.
"Just because a wound stops bleeding doesn't mean you're completely healed", Porlyusica quotes.
"I have no idea what that means", Romeo admits causing Porlyusica to roll her eyes, a rare sight.
"It means that we're still going to see my friend", Porlyusica tells him.
"Fine", Romeo groans as Enno arrives back at the table with Juliet and Rosalina and the five of them left the building, leaving the older male Conbolt lying in the middle of the floor as the brawl rage on.
Speaking of the brawl, the one who started the whole thing was surprisingly not fighting for some reason, instead, he was just standing over Elfman while sniffing the air around him. Now Natsu was known to be many things. Impulsive, brash, reckless, and some might say not too bright, (though only Gray and a few others were the only ones brave enough to say that to his face). Anyway, while he wasn't the brightest crayon in the box, he was one of the country's foremost experts in dragons, having been raised by one himself, (so he says), and being a practitioner of dragon-slaying magic. So despite what the average person believed about Natsu, the truth was that he knew a thing or two about them.
"He, Natsu, why you stop?", Max asks as he knocks Wakaba to the ground, "This isn't like you!"
Natsu continues sniffing for a few more moments before speaking loud enough for everyone to hear him, "I thought I smell a dragon nearby."
"What would a dragon be doing in Magnolia, you flaming idiot?", Gray yell out, "And even if there was, I would handle it!"
Natsu throws a nasty glare over at the Ice-Make Mage, "What are you trying to say, princess?", he growls.
"What do you think? I can handle dragons better than you can", Gray boast, "I even have two dragon kills to my name."
"Those were drakes, not real dragons like the ones I fought!", Natsu roars as he pounces on Gray and the rivalry between them continue.
A/N: So there's a dragon translator on the internet, amazing, isn't it. Anyway, next chapter Romeo and Porlyusica go to Cait Shelter and meet with Roubaul and Wendy. Also to but it into a better perspective of how big Fonaar is, think Drake from Dragonheart 2.
If you thought the whole "Trying to convince his parents" thing was a bit much and drawn out, then there is something a matter with you. I have read stories where it would be like "Hey, I'm taking your kid away for an unspecific amount of time to an extremely far location, catch you later" and they be off with the parents just smiling and waving. If anything, I should have made it take days for Porlyusica to convince Enno or even hours, not a couple of minutes, but at least one of Romeo's parents has a say in this.
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